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Tranquil Cove
~> watercolor ~> joys of west coast boating ~> captures the beauty of watercolorThis scene captures what West Coast boating means to me, quiet, tranquil moments surrounded by the magnificence...
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The Good Life
~> watercolor ~> joys of the boater's life ~> free flowing use of watercolorI was totally captivated by how expressive watercolor allow me to be in this scene. I truly allowed the colors to...
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Bright Red Flowers
~> acrylic ~> acrylics capture flowers' brilliant colors ~> maximizing acrylic's strong color effectsThis a large, alive, and very dynamic piece that brings any room to life. As much as I...
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The Sea Comes to Life
~> acrylic ~> maximizing acylic's powerful color effects ~> allowing the brushstrokes total freedomThis painting ,'The Sea Comes Alive', is another instance where each brush stroke literally...
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The Breaking Surf
~> watercolor ~> capturing the power of the surf ~> free flowing use of colorThis painting, 'The Breaking Surf', has a powerfulness to it and a strength which reflects the magnificence and...
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Kids Cycling
~> acrylic ~> playing and exploring with acrylics ~> allowing free flowing artistic expressionThis painting, 'Kids Cycling', was great fun to do as I had a initial sense of where I wanted to...
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Carnations in Vase
~> watercolor ~> capture delicate beauty of flowers ~> work with watercolor's soft tonesIn this painting, 'Carnations in Vase', I was overcome with a sense of tranquility which I feel...
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Lonely Sailboat
~> play with delicate watercolor tones ~> capture the beauty of boating ~> explore the freedom watercolor allowsMy intent here was to capture that sense of mystery and awe I eperience when I...
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Red Vase
~> brilliant use of acrylics ~> create a stunning lively floral ~> maximize acrylic's color effectsThis painting was simply great fun to create as I got to work with the most vibrant of...
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Driftwood on the Beach
~> a very delicate use of watercolor ~> capture the ocean shoreline's beauty ~> work delicately but with intensityThis is a painting I love for it always recalls for me the sense of the...
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Fall Comes to the Meadow
~> working with soft pastel washes ~> create illusion of glowing sunset ~> build one pastel wash on anotherThis was a fun painting to do as I simply built one wash upon another to create a...
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Flowers Come to Life
~> lively colorful use of watercolor ~> create field brightly colored flowers ~> mazimizing the watercolor's bright tonesThis painting was done in a state of high energy as I was totally...
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Field of Flowers
~> free flowing use of watercolor ~> create field brightly colored flowers ~> semi-abstract use of bright watercolorsThis brightly colored watercolor painting of a field of flowers, oddly...
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Reflections
~> playful use of bright colors ~> create playful bright colored reflections ~> permit free flow of colorThis was an amazing piece to create as I simply let each stroke dictate the next. I...
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Pussy Cat
~> playful use of bright colors ~> capturing fun loving playful cat ~> semi abstract representation of catsThis was just a fun and playful use of colors to capture everyone's adorable little...
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Vase of Dazzling Colors
~> playful use of bright acrylics ~> bring flowers' colors to life ~> very loose and free flowingHere I just wanted to work with free flowing bright colors that just illuminated the canvas....
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Raging Sea
~> totally free flowing watercolor painting ~> capture the wild untamed sea ~> loose. free flowing wet canvasI did this painting in 3 hours in an art class and came out of the session totally...
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Leonard is a retired Delta, B.C. teacher. He moved to Vancouver over 35 years ago from Winnipeg and raised his family here. As a teenager he received private art lessons from a local artist and in...
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Jerusalem, City of Hope
~> pen and ink and watercolor ~> Western Wall in Jerusalem. inspirational ~> interplay of pen/ink and watercolorThis painting was inspired firstly by the wondrous interplay that pen and ink...
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Turn of the Century Cariboo Church
~> pen and ink and watercolor ~> Landscape ~> interplay of pen/ink and watercolorI was captivated by this old time Cariboo church set in British Columbia's interior. Watercolor and pen and...
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